Government
Minnesota cops say Dem law is forcing them out of schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Minnesota Democrats are trying, and in some cases failing, to convince police officers to return to public schools after a law they passed caused… Read More
Courts
School boards rebel against California AG’s gender ideology guidance(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Multiple school boards in California are openly defying the attorney general’s gender ideology guidance and passing parental notification policies, which require notification if a… Read More
Public Education
Free speech suffering at many top universities across the country(The Center Square) – Tensions over free speech have been intensifying on college campuses across the United States. From campus speakers to what professors can and cannot say,… Read More
Courts
Some Kansas districts still paying millions to legal group to sue the state and monitor funds won(The Sentinel) – More than four years after the Kansas Supreme Court compelled school funding to be increased by more than $1 billion, 32 school districts in the state… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma education board accredits Tulsa Public School with conditions(The Center Square) – The Oklahoma State Board of Education agreed to accredit Tulsa Public Schools with deficiencies Wednesday and asked schools to examine policies dealing with pronoun use… Read More
Public Education
School admin group’s ‘equity-focused’ education plan aims to police ‘microaggressions,’ shaming in the classroom(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A national education initiative that is sweeping the country pushes public schools to embed equity into its practices, encouraging educators to eliminate so-called microaggressions,… Read More
Public Education
Philadelphia schools earmark $1 million in taxpayer funds for student eye exams(The Center Square) – Philadelphia public schools approved a $1 million two-year contract that would provide free vision screenings and follow-up exams for students. The Board of Education… Read More
Public Education
‘Do not contact their parents’: Texas school district trained staff to hide gender identity disclosures from parentsA records request in Texas turned up training materials instructing school district staff to keep students’ gender identity secret from their parents. Local resident Michelle Evans, who is… Read More
Public Education
Texas school considers allying with NGOs to aid illegal foreign national students(The Center Square) – Fredericksburg Independent School District board members are considering partnering with nongovernmental organizations to provide health care services to “a pretty large population of undocumented students,”… Read More
Public Education
Despite shortage claims, Georgia data shows rising numbers of teachers in state(The Center Square) — Georgia’s news outlets from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Atlanta News First have reported about a shortage of teachers plaguing the state’s education system. Data from the state’s Department of Education… Read More
Government
Rep. Matt Gaetz to introduce ‘national prayer in school act’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz will introduce legislation on Friday that would allow students and staff to pray in school without fear of any… Read More
Government
New Illinois law closes loophole to prevent sexual grooming of students(The Center Square) – A new Illinois law fortifies existing legislation aimed at preventing the sexual grooming of students by teachers and staff. The law is named after… Read More
Culture
LGBTQ activist org awards thousands to schools across the country to promote gender ideology(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An LGBTQ activist organization awarded more than 70 public and charter schools throughout the U.S. and Canada thousands of dollars to promote gender ideology,… Read More
Public Education
US Congressman’s bill would block Biden admin from withholding funding for schools with hunting, archery programsA U.S. Republican Representative introduced legislation last week to protect federal funding for schools that have archery and hunting education courses. Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, said his Protecting… Read More
Public Education
Poll: Battleground state voters, on education, trust Republicans over Democrats(The Center Square) – Lingering concerns about pandemic learning loss have shifted voter trust on education issues from Democrats to Republicans in four battleground states, including North Carolina. Read More
Public Education
Poll: Majority of parents say teachers regularly stray from course curriculum(The Center Square) – The vast majority of parents in a new State Policy Network poll say public school teachers regularly deviated from set school curriculum to interject their… Read More
Opinion
It’s basic math: ESAs save the state money(The Center Square) – Opponents of parental choice in education are doing their best Chicken Little in an attempt to scare Arizonans out of allowing parents control over their… Read More
Public Education
Biden administration threatens to kill federal funds for school districts that remove sex booksThe Biden administration is going to war to stop local school districts from removing explicitly sexual books. The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights will soon start… Read More
Opinion
Here’s the real reason Obama went out of his way to defend librarians in a ‘banned books’ letter(The Daily Signal) – Former President Barack Obama just came out in favor of porn in schools. Sure, the former president didn’t say that… Read More
Public Education
NYC mayor looks to house migrants in public schools over the summer(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his administration are considering housing migrants in public schools over the summer, according to the New… Read More